No wins in seven matches over the past six weeks has intensified pressure on Cork City, meaning anything less than victory Monday night against basement side Finn Harps at Turner's Cross will fuel crisis talk.

Waterford cruised to their third win of the SSE Airtricity Premier Division with a four-star display against Finn Harps at the RSC last night.

Goals from Roberto Lopes, Dylan Watts, and Aaron Greene had this game won by half-time as Shamrock Rovers breezed past Finn Harps in Tallaght to go top of the Premier Division ahead of Bohemians on goal difference.

The winner will be named at an awards ceremony in Dublin on Saturday.

Chris Shields will have his own gong to add to a league medal when champions Dundalk are presented with the silverware after tonight’s game against Sligo Rovers at Oriel Park.

Goals in either half from Ronan Murray and Georgie Kelly saw Dundalk overcome Finn Harps at Oriel Park last night to book their place in the FAI Cup quarter-finals.

Their own survival, rather than any part they may indirectly play in being Kingmakers, is all that’s on Finn Harps’ minds as they face reigning champions Dundalk in Ballybofey this evening.

Cork City continue to edge towards the Airtricity League Premier Division title but they had to work hard before finally seeing off a battling relegation-threatened Finn Harps at Finn Park last night.

With third-placed Derry City not in action until Sunday when they host Dundalk, Shamrock Rovers will tonight aim to close the gap on the Candystripes in their bid to claim a European place when they visit Eamonn Deacy Park to take on Galway United.

Dundalk 4

Cork City 5 - Finn Harps 0: THE Cork City juggernaut shows no sign of stopping as John Caulfield’s green machine made it 12 league wins out of 12 as four second half goals saw them romp to an emphatic win over Finn Harps at Turners Cross last night.

Top of the table and clear winners at the box office too – that’s Cork City as they begin the second cycle of the 2017 SSE Airtricity League season at home to Finn Harps tonight.

While first hosts third in the big game at Turner’s Cross this evening, Dundalk will be hoping to do their bit to narrow Cork City’s lead at the top when the champions travel to Ballybofey to take on Finn Harps (8.00).

“I don’t look at the stats,” said a self-deprecating John Caulfield yesterday, when asked about clocking up — successfully — his 100th league game as Cork City boss with the 1-0 win against Finn Harps last weekend.

Cork City boss John Caulfield has put the finishing touches to his squad to challenge for the League of Ireland title with confirmation of two new signings ahead of today’s transfer deadline.

Finn Harps 0 Cork City 1: Cork City’s Premier Division title challenge is still on track – but they had to battle every inch of the way against relegation threatened Finn Harps in a gripping contest at Finn Park.

Dundalk 2 Finn Harps 0

Bray Wanderers 1 Finn Harps 0: Conor Kenna conceded it was luck that led to his first goal for Bray that downed out of sorts Finn Harps.

Cork City 3 Finn Harps 1

Having produced commendable performances against some of the top sides in the country, Shane Keegan wants his Wexford Youths to finally take that major step and garner a first Premier Division victory when Derry City visit Ferrycarrig Park this evening.

Finn Harps 0 Shamrock Rovers 1: Shamrock Rovers were forced to battle hard to overcome a resolute Finn Harps side in a stop-start encounter in Ballybofey last night.

As a teetotaller, Seamus Coleman couldn’t even drown his sorrows at missing out on featuring at the last two international tournaments.

Taking a 1-0 lead into the deciding promotion/relegation game at Finn Park tonight, Limerick have doubts over their forward trio of Ian Turner, Dean Clarke and Vinny Faherty, all of whom picked up knocks in Monday’s first leg.

Avondale United’s players wake up in Sligo today, having broken the back of one of the longest journeys in Irish football as they head for Ballybofey and an FAI Ford Cup quarter-final replay against Finn Harps.

Airtricity First Division: Nine-man Finn Harps inflicted a fifth straight First Division defeat upon Shamrock Rovers B yesterday with a 1-0 win at Tallaght Stadium.

THE Ireland U18 schools’ side let an interval lead slip yesterday as they suffered defeat by Australia in Coolock in their season opener.

IT’S the big one in the north-west this evening as cup holders Derry City face local rivals Finn Harps in front of an expected sell-out 5,000 crowd at Finn Park in the 3rd Round of the FAI Ford Cup (kick off 7.45pm).